In General,warm,wet Climates Allow for Fast Formation of Soils Primarily

question 43

Multiple Choice

In general,warm,wet climates allow for fast formation of soils primarily because

• A)chemical weathering proceeds at rapid rates.
• B)parent material found in warm,wet climates tends to break down faster than the types of parent material found in colder climates.
• C)physical weathering proceeds at rapid rates.
• D)there is less biological activity in warm,wet climates than elsewhere.

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Definitions:

Incompletely Dominant

Pertains to a genetic scenario where the phenotype of the heterozygote is intermediate between the phenotypes of both homozygotes, indicating that neither allele is fully dominant over the other.

Homozygous

Referring to an individual having two identical alleles for a specific gene, resulting in a certain trait being expressed.

Homozygote

An organism that has two identical alleles for a specific trait or gene.

Identical Alleles

Alleles that are the same at the same locus on both chromosomes in a pair, resulting in a uniform expression of a trait.